Receiving an old age pension in United States

Under the friendship and shipping convention signed between Israel and the United States of America (not a social security convention), a Israeli residentA person whose life is centered in Israel. Criteria for determining this include: Israel is your permanent place of residence, where your family resides, where your children go to school, your primary place of work, or where you are studying.  who began receiving an old age pension in Israel and left for the USA is entitled to the continued payment of the old-age pension, even if he is already not an Israeli resident.

Please note: the pension will only be  paid to those who were Israeli residents before moving to the USA.

Pension to a housewife

A woman who received an old age pension as a housewife and left for the United States is eligible for the pension in the United States for three months only. Upon her return to Israel, her pension will be renewed.
Please note that a woman who received an old age pension since she was exempted from the specified qualifying period may continue to receive the pension in the United States. The continuation of the pension's payment will be examined in the National Insurance Institute branch.

How to receive the pension?

The applicant should write to the Old Age Department of a NII branch and request to receive his or her pension in the USA, providing both personal information ­ – home address in clear Latin letters, and bank account details - on which they wish to receive the pension (bank account may also be located overseas). Besides coming directly to the branch, you can also contact us through the internet site or by fax.